June 21, 2004: Fragrant and feathery, Vetiver settles in like a fine mountain air.

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Artist

Track

Album

Label

Special

John Fahey

"A Raga Called Pat pts. III & IV"

The Voice ot the Turtle

Takoma

Currituck Co.

"A Raga Called Nina"

Ghost Man on First

Lexicon Devil

Alex DeGrassi

"The Water Garden"

The Water Garden

Tropo

Linda Perhacs

"Parallelograms"

Parallelograms

The Wild Places

Joanna Newsome

"This Side of the Blue"

The Milk-Eyed Mender

Drag City

Rachel Goswell

"Warm Summer"

Waves are Universal

4AD

Wilco

"Hell is Chrome"

A Ghost is Born

Nonesuch

The Band

"The Night They Drove Old DIxie Down"

The Band

Capitol

Harry Nilsson

"Mr. Richland's Favorite Song"

Aerial Pandemonium Ballet

RCA

Devenda Banhart

"This Beard is for Siobhan"

Rejoicing in the Hands

Young God

Live performance by Vetiver
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Firmly rooted in folksy Americana, Vetiver rises from the musical musings of main songwriter Andy Cabic, aided on a debut album by violinist Jim Gaylord and cellist Alissa Anderson, along with the most wonderful Devendra Banhart and Hope Sandoval on a couple of tracks. Pitchfork Media's Amanda Petrusich says "Vetiver could very well be the blurry soundtrack to a delirious fever dream: The band's self-titled debut is a dizzyingly euphoric tangle of freaked-out folk and scratchy strings, all twisted sheets and sweaty brows, upside-down trees and wicked flowers." They dropped by the WFMU studios for a live set preceeding an evening show at The Bowery Ballroom.

-"Lost and Found"

-"Belles"

-"Angel's Share"

-"No One Word"

-"Arboretum"

-CD: "Amerilie" /"Arboretum" /"On a Nerve"

Vetiver's self-titled debut is available on the DiChristina Stairbuilder label, orderable through Midheaven Mailorder. There's also a nice article about Vetiver here.